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. 2021 Jun 2;65(1):223–226. doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1947-y

Distinct durability of IgM/IgG antibody responses in COVID-19 patients with differing severity

Junyan Han 1,#, Ning Zhang 2,#, Danying Chen 1,#, Yuhuan Gong 2,3,#, Guoli Li 1,#, Yaxian Kong 1, Lin Pu 4, Chen Chen 1, Jingyuan Liu 4, Qi Wang 5, Ju Zhang 1, Xuesen Zhao 1, Juan Du 1, Kai Han 1, Chuan Song 1, Linghang Wang 6, Mingxi Hua 1, Yu Hao 1, Rui Song 7, Yangzi Song 8, Fengting Yu 8, Siyuan Yang 6, Haofeng Xiong 4, Wei Zhang 7, George F Gao 2,9,✉, Fujie Zhang 8,✉, Ang Li 4,✉, Hui Zeng 1,✉, Yuhai Bi 2,9,✉
PMCID: PMC8176871  PMID: 34086155

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) (XDB29010102), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (32041010), Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission (Z201100007920017), Beijing Municipal Administration of Hospital Clinical Medicine Development of Special Funding Support (ZYLX201802), Beijing Hospital Authority (DFL20191801), the NSFC Outstanding Young Scholars (31822055), and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS (2017122). We appreciate all patients enrolled in this study, all healthcare personnel involved in the diagnosis and treatment of patients in Beijing Ditan Hospital, Capital Medical University, and the staff of BSL-3 in the Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. We thank Mr. Pingjun Nie for language editing.

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Contributed equally to this work

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George F. Gao, Email: gaof@im.ac.cn

Fujie Zhang, Email: treatment@chinaaids.cn.

Ang Li, Email: liang@ccmu.edu.cn.

Hui Zeng, Email: zenghui@ccmu.edu.cn.

Yuhai Bi, Email: beeyh@im.ac.cn.

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